THE MONTCLAIR LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Triassic Lowlands setting.
Montclair township has 6.24 square miles of land in Essex County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated Triassic Lowlands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Montclair and Essex County
Montclair is associated with Essex County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Montclair by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Montclair, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 2.5 percentage points lower than the 2.6% recorded for Essex County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Montclair township has 2.6 times the land area of nearby Upper Montclair CDP (2.38 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

